R.I.P. Stewart Wieck (founder of White Wolf, Inc.)

White Wolf co-founder and co-creator of role playing game universe World
of Darkness, Stewart Wieck passed away suddenly last week, according to a
message from his brother Steve Wieck posted on Tenkar’s Tavern. Wieck collapsed after a fencing workout and never revived. He was 49.

Stewart Wieck was best known as the publisher, with his brother Steve, of gaming magazine White Wolf beginning in 1985, and as co-owner, with Mark Rein-Hagen, of White Wolf Game Studio, which published the World of Darkness RPGs beginning in 1991.